Surely you won't be putting your Hive centre where the thermostat is. The Hive needs to go near the wiring centre.
The Hive stat would go near where the old stat is/was. Or in another/ better location.
And (as above) using the earth conductor as the switched live is a big NO. That's the sign of a cowboy.
So more electrical wiring may need to be sorted.
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